> On Mar 7, 2024, at 12:37 PM, jay lyon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The title phrase, appropriated by Marx, actually predates him. It’s Latin,
> and found in a play by Terrence:
> HOMO SUM: HUMANI NIHIL A ME ALIENUM PUTO
> “I’m a man/human: I consider nothing human alien to me.”
> The verb comes at the end of the sentence; “puto” means “[I] think.” We get
> the English words “putative,” “computer” etc. from it.
Thanks for the historical background. The context for Marx's usage of the
phrase is recorded in the MIA:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/04/01.htm
Mark
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